Grain-Free Apple Spice Cookies

By Stacy Karen, Contributing Writer

These apple-spice cookies have a light sweetness and soft texture; they’re a perfect grain-free treat for the holidays.

As an added bonus, they are extremely easy to prepare! Just toss everything in the food processor and blend.

These cookies are well-suited to many healing diets and are gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, and nut-free, thus may be enjoyed by those with various food allergies.

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Grain-Free Apple Spice Cookies

Servings: 0

Author: Ann Timm

Ingredients

• 2 cups fine shredded coconut
• 4 tablespoons coconut flour
• 2 apples peeled, cored, and chopped into smallish pieces
• 16 dates pitted
• 4 tablespoons coconut oil
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• pinch of sea salt

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Put all ingredients in a food processor and blend until a paste forms (this will only take a few minutes).
• Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• Form mixture into approximately 18 cookies and place on cookie sheet.
• Bake in pre-heated oven for 15-17 minutes.
• Cookies will only be slightly golden. Don't leave in the oven too long or the bottoms of the cookies will burn.
• Remove tray from the oven and let cookies cool completely before serving.
• Note: cookies remain fairly soft and crumble somewhat easily. So, while they are tasty and make a delightful treat, they most likely won't work for gifting in something like a cookie swap (unless packaged very carefully).
• Store in the refrigerator for up to a week. (Adapted from Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook)

What’s your favorite grain-free holiday treat?

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